Main developments
Yemen’s Houthis claimed they had launched a second attack on Israel.
Iran accused the US of publicly seeking talks while secretly preparing for a ground invasion.
Syrian forces repelled a drone attack from Iraq on one of the country’s last US military bases.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned that Israeli and US universities in the region would be considered “legitimate targets”.
Pakistan will host the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt for two days of talks aimed at de-escalating regional tensions
Iran has agreed to allow 20 more Pakistani-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran shopping centre and parks hit by bombardments
Heavy bombardments of multiple districts in Tehran continued late Saturday and early Sunday, with extensive damage reported to civilian targets.
Local media said there had been strikes on several residential buildings in densely populated areas including: Sohrevardi, Rah-Ahan, Tehransar, Zafar, Saadat Abad, and Hashemzadeh.
A telecoms centre, two parks, a fresh produce market, a shopping centre and the premises of Tochal cable car complex — a popular resort in northern Tehran — were damaged in the strikes. The Documentary, Experimental and Animation Film Center was also hit.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency has put the death toll from US and Israeli strikes in Iran at more than 3,400 since the start of the war.
Royal Navy fits out ship for possible Strait of Hormuz minehunting role
The Royal Navy is preparing a vessel “for a possible minehunting mothership role” in the Strait of Hormuz by fitting it with autonomous de-mining systems.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed on Sunday that RFA Lyme Bay would be upgraded in coming days, after it was first reported by The Sunday Times.
The vessel will be able to “store, prepare, deploy and recover a variety of autonomous and crewless technology, from underwater drones to minehunting boats — acting as a crewed ‘mothership’ for drone tech”.
British officials said no decision had been made on whether to deploy the ship.